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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 268: R1178-R1187, 1995;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 268, Issue 5 1178-R1187, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Fish muscle energy metabolism measured during hypoxia and recovery: an in vivo 31P-NMR study

V. van Ginneken, G. van den Thillart, A. Addink and C. Erkelens
Department of Biology, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Three fish species were exposed to graded hypoxia levels and allowed to recover. Levels of high-energy phosphate compounds in epaxial white muscle were monitored by in vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, O2 consumption of the animals was measured. With increasing hypoxia load, metabolic parameters started to change in the following order: phosphocreatine (PCr)-to-Pi ratio (decrease), O2 consumption (decrease), [PCr] (decrease), intracellular pH (pHi; decrease), Pi (increase), free ADP concentration ([ADP]free; increase), [ATP] (decrease). PCr levels fell with the PO2. After each increment, the [PCr] reached a stable plateau value while, in some cases, a recovery was observed. This recovery could be explained because the balance between anaerobic and aerobic metabolism is continuously fluctuating during hypoxia as a consequence of changes in the activity of the fish. Consequently the [ADP]free are fluctuating, resulting in an activation of the creatine kinase reaction and the anaerobic glycolysis. In all three species, anaerobic glycolysis was activated, but in contrast to anoxia exposure, metabolic suppression was absent. The changes of [ADP]free and [H+] (which influences the position of the creatine kinase equilibrium) are species dependent. Species differences observed in the other parameters were small. It is concluded that the pattern of the activation of anaerobic metabolism under deep hypoxia is different from that under anoxia.


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